Kristina Hristova is a Bulgarian director and screenwriter. Her debut short (THE REVOLT OF THE SUIT) is a highly stylised office comedy. Its script was shortlisted at From Page to Stage FF. Another one of Kristina’s scripts (CONGRATULATIONS, MR MINISTER!) was shortlisted at the pitching forum of In the Palace IFF. Kristina works as a legal aid lawyer and translator. Being an avid explorer of paths unknown, she has written dirty comic tales and worked as an author of creative nonfiction.
feature fiction
synopsis
On her 50th birthday, the only judge in town decides to resign and become a baker. Locals turn sour and attempt to stop her, so she shows them the sweet side of justice.
Attached to the project: director
Looking for: producer, co-producer
Keywords: judge, cook, change, profession, midlife crisis, peer pressure
short fiction
developed script
A cake gone wrong for all the right reasons.
Attached to the project: director
Looking for: producer, co-producer
Keywords: disabilities, vengeance, revenge, social media, PR campaign, cake, fake
2021 THE REVOLT OF THE SUIT, short film, writer/director/producer/editor
2019 STAND UP COMICS – THERE’S NO OTHER WAY, student documentary, co-writer/co-director
2018 BURREAUCRAZY, student short, co-writer
INT. – OFFICE – DAY
Deyan enters and sits on a sofa. MR. TSIRKOV is staring through the window, his back turned to the camera.
MR. TSIRKOV(O.S.)
Sit, Deyane!
Deyan stands up and sits again at the command.
DEYAN
Good morning, Mr. Tsirkov.
Yesterday, I managed to issue—
Mr. Tsirkov raises his pointer and hushes him.
MR. TSIRKOV
Have I allowed you to talk?
Deyan gulps. He pets his coat nervously.
DEYAN
My apologies, Mr. Tsirkov.
We hear knocking. STELLA walks in. She holds folders pressed to her body as a schoolgirl would.
STELLA
Good morning!
Deyan looks at Stella and fixes his collar. He smiles and puts two fingers up in a shy effort to greet her. Stella does not notice him. She is looking at Mr. Tsirkov’s back.
MR. TSIRKOV(O.S.)
Sit, Stella.
Stella sits next to Deyan. Their knees touch for a second. He looks at her longingly.
Mr. Tsirkov turns and faces his employees. We will only see his torso. He is wearing a V-neck T-shirt, his thumbs tucked into the pockets of his jeans.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
You two know why you’re here,
right? First, it was the team
building. Every year we organize
this event for you, our dear
employees. We buy balloons and give
you a 60 percent discount on the
couvert and what do you do?
EXTREME CLOSE-UPS: Deyan’s thumb and pointer are pulling his earlobe. Stella’s hand is massaging her ankle.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
What do you do, Stella?
Stella looks down with shame.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
You skip it. That’s what you do.
And why do you do it?
Deyan looks to the side.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
Because you had a what?
A birthday?
Stella bites her lower lip.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
And because your mother died,
Deyane? Seriously?
Deyan folds in, as if his stomach hurts.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
I heard you complained about
working after 8 p.m. Do you know
how many people dream about having
this chance?
EXTREME CLOSE-UP: Mr. Tsirkov’s hand punches the desk in front of him.
TSIRKOV
But that’s not why I called you
here. One of you made an error
in invoice 173. Misplaced the
decimal place and we lost 10 000 euro.
EXTREME CLOSE-UPS: Stella’s foot is trembling. A drop of sweat crawls down her forehead. Deyan cracks his fingers. The edges of his lips raise. He unbuttons the first button of his shirt.
Deyan raises his hand as pupils do in class.
MR. TSIRKOV(CONT’D)
Spill it, Deyane?
DEYAN
It was me, Mr. Tsirkov. My mistake.
Stella’s eyebrows raise in surprise.
“One of the first things I learned is never to ask a man why he’s in a hurry”
–
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)